Autonomy and Heteronomy in Sex Work

Für die deutsche Version dieses Beitrags bittehier klicken. For the German version of this post, please clickhere.

Presentations at Humboldt University of Berlin

In March 2013, I had the pleasure of giving a presentation at a symposium at Humboldt University of Berlin. The presentation was titled “Sex Crime” or “Sexual Self-Determination”? and dealt with prostitution discourses in South Korea and their negative impacts on sex workers. This presentation was part of a session titled “Autonomy and Heteronomy in Sex Work”. The second presenter in this session was Ms. Noémi Katona who gave a presentation titled “Coercion, Money, and Intimacy: Hungarian Sex Workers and their Pimps/Boyfriends at Kurfürstenstraße”. In February 2014, podcasts of these and other presentations were made available by the organisers and the above video contains an updated version of my slides and combined it with the podcast. Clickhereto listen to Noémi Katona’s presentation andhere to listen to our joint Q & A session. For all other podcasts, please clickhere. Please note that this video and all podcasts are available in German only and that their audio quality, on which we had no influence, is sadly below par.

“Human Trafficking in the 21st Century”

Despite heightened public attention to “human trafficking”, the definition of this phenomenon remains difficult and contested. On March 22nd and 23rd, 2013, the symposium “Hurt Lives – Denied Rights. Human Trafficking in the 21st Century” took place at Humboldt University Berlin. Next to academic and field experts, young researchers showcased their work in presentations and workshops. The symposium was sponsored by the Humboldt-Universitäts-Gesellschaft e.V. (Humboldt University‘s Association of Friends, Alumni and Sponsors).

Thanks, Maxine. I’m afraid I won’t be able to put subtitles on this for the time being. In the absence of an intern, I would rather invest the time that would consume when I publish something new, say, when the Constitutional Court in Korea finally makes a decision about the Anti-Sex Trade Law. The review is ongoing since January 2013. Did you see the following video? It has subtitles. https://vimeo.com/86953769